:08:02
...and therefore less funny."
:08:05
"Moreover, the story is a dull one!"
:08:09
- Burn it, Pidgeon!
- Sir.
:08:11
Willie...!
:08:13
Your kidneys are getting cold!
:08:20
The show's doing splendidly.
Full houses and a healthy advance.
:08:23
- Capital.
- Three tours on the road.
:08:25
Pirates, Patience and lolanthe.
:08:28
- And four in rehearsal.
- Merveilleux.
:08:30
New York can't wait for "Ida".
:08:32
Ah, New York. How splendid.
:08:35
- Helen has us booked up to year's end.
- Tireless as ever.
:08:38
All part of my day's work.
:08:39
- Tea, Miss Lenoir?
- No, thank you, Louis.
:08:42
Very well.
:08:44
I hope your confinement
hasn't made you restless.
:08:47
How have you been passing the time?
:08:50
I've made some resolutions, Helen.
:08:53
- A little late in the new year, perhaps.
- Better late than never.
:08:59
May we know what they are, Arthur?
:09:03
Why not?
:09:05
One.
:09:07
To travel to the Continent
as soon as my health permits.
:09:10
- Very wise.
- I think so.
:09:13
Two.
:09:14
To look for a country house
where I may repair each summer...
:09:18
...without having to cross the Channel.
:09:20
- Three. To take more exercise.
- Excellent, Arthur. About time, too.
:09:23
A leaf out of your book, D'Oyly.
I must walk more.
:09:27
And is there a number four?
:09:30
Yes.
:09:32
To write no more operas for the Savoy.
:09:39
- And what is number five?
- To fly to the moon in his bed socks!
:09:43
No, I'm serious.
I have to write a grand opera.
:09:47
People expect it of me.
I must not disappoint them.
:09:49
I cannot waste any more time
on these trivial soufflés.
:09:53
Do you know I haven't written
a symphony for over 20 years?
:09:57
Not an unprofitable 20 years,
if I may say so.